Please note: I will be handing back the Rhetorical Analysis papers that were handed in on time, thus they qualified to be evaluated, will be  handed back today at the END OF CLASS.  If you scored lower than a 70 you may revise for up to an eighty.  It must be turned in hard copy, with the original RA essay that you turned in with my comments (NOT the comment sheet), so I may compare the changes.  IF substantial revisions are not evident, the paper will not be re-evaluated for a higher grade.   Also I will be plugging in the daily grades this evening so you can check blackboard for your points up to the end of Project One. 

Today we will:

1. ONE of TWO source reviews is due today. It would be great if you had a hard copy for me, as I can look at this and offer suggestions to refine the source review before you start on the second one.

2. By the end of this week it is recommended to have completed all your annotated Bibs and be on the downhill side of the APA assignment. 

3. Required content for SOURCE REVIEWS  These are the same elements you should be looking for in the peer-reviw, then use the handout for LOCAL Peer Review.  Global and Local Peer Review

In a two page, double spaced, typed document, you will review an article or media source which provides a credible, informed perspective on the issue and the research question that you have chosen.

1. A key objective is to find credible sources that provide different or varied perspectives on your issue. What are the experts saying?? Do they all see the issue from the same perspective/ lens??
2. Identify what type of source you are citing. Is the publication in which your article appears a periodical? a  scholarly journal? a daily newspaper? It's important that you understand the difference in order to correctly cite your source and to be able to evaluate important rhetorical elements of the piece.
3. Determine the credibility of your source. Questions to consider: how long has the publication been in print? What's its circulation Who is its intended audience? Who is the publisher?
4. At the top of your page, cite this source using a documentation style of your choice (ex. MLA or APA).
5. Summarize the author's argument and supporting points, in your own words.
6. Quote from the author. Identify what you think will be the most relevant direct quotation that you may want to use in your paper.
7. Analyze the author's rhetoric (art of persuasive communication) and recommend the source or not, describing its merits or lack of, and its agenda.
1. What facts and perspectives is the author representing, and which ones are being left out, why?
2. What are the political, social, economic, etc. biases? Does the original journal, magazine, book that this article was published in lean towards any political, social, or economic bias? Who are the publication's intended audience?
3. How well are you persuaded by the author's strategies? Why or why not?

4. REVIEW APA and Part THREE "The APA Assignment" within  LINK RESEARCH 102 here

**BOOK**

**Magazine (hard copy)**

5. It is highly advisable to take notes on what we are doing in class regarding APA. We are going over exactly the last part of Research 102.  There will be NO REASON for ANYONE NOT to earn full credit on this portion of the Research 102 project.

6. You will need to continue to do the majority of this project out of class.

HW:  Please review the Purdue APA citation webpage to gets some instruction regarding APA citation and the assignment we will be working on ALL WEEK.  Your Research project is due next week...so don't slack off.  :)  (You should be finished with your annotations and on the downhill side of the Source Reviews by the end of this week. This means you will be ready next week to devote to the APA assignment and fin tuning the other assignments.